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PRONUNCIATION OF SNOW CRAB

snow crab play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SNOW CRAB

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Snow crab is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SNOW CRAB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

snow crab

Chionoecetes

Chionoecetes is a genus of crabs that live in the northern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Other names for crabs in this genus include "queen crab" and "spider crab" – they are known by different names in different areas of the world. The generic name Chionoecetes means snow inhabitant; opilio means shepherd, and C. opilio is the primary species referred to as snow crab. Marketing strategies, however, employ snow crab for anything in the genus Chionoecetes. Snow crab refers to them being commonly found in cold northern oceans. Snow crab are caught as far north as the Arctic Ocean, from Newfoundland to Greenland and north of Norway in the Atlantic Ocean, and across the Pacific Ocean, including the Sea of Japan, the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, Norton Sound, and even as far south as California for Chionoecetes bairdi.

Definition of snow crab in the English dictionary

The definition of snow crab in the dictionary is an edible crab with long thin legs found off the coasts of Eastern Canada.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SNOW CRAB

snow apple
snow bank
snow blindness
snow bridge
snow buggy
snow bunny
snow bunting
snow cannon
snow cave
snow chains
snow day
snow devil
snow eater
snow fence
snow geese
snow goose
snow grass
snow gum
snow hole
snow job

WORDS THAT END LIKE SNOW CRAB

Boston crab
catch a crab
common crab
crab
dressed crab
edible crab
fiddler crab
hard-shell crab
hermit crab
horseshoe crab
king crab
land crab
mud crab
oyster crab
pea crab
robber crab
sand crab
soft-shell crab
soldier crab
spider crab
swimming crab

Synonyms and antonyms of snow crab in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «snow crab» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SNOW CRAB

Find out the translation of snow crab to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of snow crab from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «snow crab» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雪蟹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cangrejo de las nieves
570 millions of speakers

English

snow crab
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बर्फ केकड़े
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السلطعون الثلوج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

снежный краб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caranguejo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বরফ কেক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le crabe des neiges
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepiting salji
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schneekrabbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ズワイガニ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepiting salju
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cua tuyết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பனி நண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बर्फ केकडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kar yengeç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

neve granchio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krab śnieg
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сніжний краб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zăpadă crab
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάβουρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sneeu krap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maskeringskrabba
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snøkrabbe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of snow crab

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SNOW CRAB»

The term «snow crab» is regularly used and occupies the 67.756 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SNOW CRAB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about snow crab

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNOW CRAB»

Discover the use of snow crab in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to snow crab and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Proceedings of the North Pacific Symposium on Invertebrate ...
In conclusion, trawl surveys still appear to be an appropriate method for assessing stock abundance and recruitment and geostatistics appears to be an appropriate method to describe the patchy distribution of snow crab. Precise estimation of ...
G. S. Jamieson, Alan Campbell, 1998
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Bibliography of Research on Snow Crab (Chionoecetes Opilio)
"This bibliography of 1,050 entries brings together research on snow crab published in Japan, Russia, Canada, the United States, and other countries" -- preface.
A. J. Paul, 2000
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Crazy for Crab: Every Thing You Need to Know to Enjoy ...
Virtually all snow crab is shipped frozen. Legs and clusters are the most popular items, but picked snow crab is also available frozen. The Canadian season for snow crabs is April through November. In the Bering Sea, the start of the season  ...
Fred Thompson, 2010
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The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods
Snow Crab (Cancer quanbumi) The snow crab, also known as queen crab, measures up to 2 feet from claw to claw and can weigh as much as 3 pounds. Larger snow crabs are harvested in the waters off Alaska, while smaller snow crabs are ...
Michael T. Murray, Joseph E. Pizzorno, 2005
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UB Reporter
Snow Crab: perpetual volatility Crab in all forms has become increasingly popular in the U.S. and is one of the top ten seafoods which has shown steady and impressive growth. Shows like “Deadliest Catch” have aided in snow crab riding this ...
Urner Barry
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The Costs of Managing Fisheries
Snow crab prefers water temperatures between –1oC and 3oC, and the increased extent of cold water over the last decade may have favoured an increase in the habitat suitable for snow crab. Groundfish species (cod and hake) are known to ...
OECD, 2003
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The Economics of Rebuilding Fisheries Workshop Proceedings: ...
In addition to the directed fishery, snow crab was also caught as bycatch by groundfish trawl, longline and pot gear, and in small amounts by scallop gear. As snow crab abundance declined, bycatch was also significantly reduced. Bycatch  ...
OECD, 2010
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Perspectives on Canadian Marine Fisheries Management
A snow crab fishery did not offer a practical solution to this problem. In Nova Scotia, the Danish seine fleet was suitably equipped to access crab fishing grounds, but crab did not offer a competitive alternative to their seining operations.
L. S. Parsons, William Henry Lear, 1993
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Case Studies in Fisheries Self-governance
The most important species for this fishery is snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio). Because of overfishing, catches of snow crab in the region declined dramatically, from 369 t in 1964 to 58 t in 1980. In an effort to restore snow crab stocks and ...
Ralph Edwin Townsend, Ross Shotton, Hirotsugu Uchida, 2008
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Modern Food Service Purchasing: Business Essentials to ...
Snow crab (tanner crab, queen crab, bairdii, opilio). Snow, or tanner, crabs come from the North Pacific and from Canadian waters in the North Atlantic (see Figure 15.21). The largest snow crab is the Alaskan crab, Latin name Chionoecetes ...
Robert Garlough, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNOW CRAB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term snow crab is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shoplifter walks off with $294 of snow crab legs from Ingles in Bartow
The Bartow County Sheriff's Office is looking for a shoplifter who made off with $294 worth of snow crab legs from an Ingles in Cartersville. The man grabbed up ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jun 15»
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Jameis Winston opens up on crab legs to Jim Harbaugh, and it …
But beyond ridiculous was the crab leg-stealing incident that made people ask of ... Harbaugh, straight-faced, says either "stone crab" or "snow crab," and I'm just ... «Yahoo Sports, Apr 15»
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Snow crab quota increasing for PEI
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans also announced a quota of 400 tons of snow crab will be used to fund scientific studies on fisheries management. «The Guardian Charlottetown, Apr 15»
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DEADLIEST CATCH What is a Bairdi tanner crab? How is it different …
Bairdi (or tanner) crab (photo above) are larger than the opilio snow crab viewers are used to seeing on the show and in stores, but their numbers had dwindled ... «Starcasm.net, Apr 15»
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Crab quota cut 23 per cent in 3Ps
According to Annette Rumbolt, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) resource manager for Canada, the snow crab biomass in 3Ps is at an all-time low. «Grand Falls-Windsor Advertiser, Apr 15»
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Time to go a'crabbin'
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) announced Thursday the 2015 snow crab season will open for these areas 6 a.m. on Monday. The season for ... «The Telegram, Apr 15»
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Fishermen net $7000 in fines for snow crab violations
Carman Frampton of Burin, Byron Monk of Monkstown and Bennett Butler of Bonavista have been found guilty of violating conditions of their snow crab licences, ... «The Telegram, Mar 15»
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Bering Sea snow crab fishermen reportedly harvest less than 40% of …
Bearing Sea snow crab fishermen have harvested less than 40% of their quotas so far this season, the Cordova Times reported. National Oceanic and ... «Undercurrent News, Feb 15»
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Barents Sea awash with snow crabs
Nofima is researching the best ways of using snow crabs as more and more of the species are being caught in the Barents Sea by both Norwegian and Russian ... «World Fishing, Jan 15»
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Snow crab and sockeyes to flood 2015 fisheries
Snow crab is Alaska's largest crab fishery, underway now in the Bering Sea. The fleet has a slightly increased 61 million-pound catch quota; boats also are ... «Homer Tribune, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Snow crab [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/snow-crab>. Apr 2024 ».
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